Advantech ICR-2431 LTE Industrial Router User manual

LTE Industrial Router

ICR-2431

USER MANUAL

ICR-2431

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Danger – Information regarding user safety or potential damage to the router.

Attention – Problems that can arise in speciﬁc situations.

Information, notice – Useful tips or information of special interest.

Advantech Czech s.r.o., Sokolska 71, 562 04 Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic

Document No. MAN-0058-EN, revision from February 8, 2023. Released in the Czech Republic.

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Contents

1 Product Overview 2

1.1 Product Introduction ................................. 2

1.2 Product Usage Examples .............................. 3

1.3 Hardware Overview ................................. 5

1.4 Order Codes ..................................... 6

1.5 Package Contents .................................. 7

1.6 Product Dimensions ................................. 8

1.7 Mounting Recommendations ............................ 12

1.8 Wall Mounting ..................................... 13

1.9 DIN Rail Mounting .................................. 14

1.10 Product Label ..................................... 15

2 Hardware Functionality 16

2.1 SIM Card Slots .................................... 16

2.2 Antennas ....................................... 17

2.3 Ethernet Interfaces .................................. 17

2.4 Power Supply ..................................... 18

2.5 I/O Port Interfaces .................................. 19

2.6 Serial Interfaces ................................... 20

2.7 LED Status Indication ................................ 21

2.8 Reset Functions ................................... 22

3 First Use 23

3.1 Accessories Connection ............................... 23

3.2 Router Conﬁguration ................................. 23

4 Technical Speciﬁcations 25

4.1 Basic Parameters ................................... 25

4.2 Standards and Regulations ............................. 26

4.3 Type Tests and Environmental Conditions ..................... 27

4.4 Parameters of Cellular Module ........................... 28

4.5 Technical Parameters of WiFi ............................ 28

4.6 Parameters of I/O Ports ............................... 29

4.7 Parameters of Serial Interfaces ........................... 29

4.8 System Conﬁguration ................................ 30

Appendix A: Troubleshooting 31

Appendix B: Customer Support 34

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Appendix C: Regulatory & Safety Information 35

Appendix D: Related Documents 37

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List of Figures

1 Access to the Internet from LAN .......................... 3

2 Backed up Access to the Internet .......................... 3

3 Using VPN Tunnel .................................. 4

4 Serial Gateway .................................... 4

5 Hardware Overview of the Router .......................... 5

6 Router Dimensions – Bottom and Front View with Wall Mount Clip ....... 8

7 Router Dimensions – Top, Sides and Back View with Wall Mount Clip ...... 9

8 Router Dimensions – Bottom and Front View with DIN holder .......... 10

9 Router Dimensions – Top, Sides and Back View with DIN holder ........ 11

10 Screwed Wall Mounting Clip ............................. 13

11 Position of the DIN Rail Clip ............................. 14

12 Removing Router from the DIN Rail ......................... 14

13 Label Example .................................... 15

14 SIM Cards Insertion ................................. 16

15 Ethernet Connector Pinout .............................. 17

16 Connection of Power Supply ............................ 18

17 Position of the Grounding Screw .......................... 18

18 I/O Connector Pinout ................................. 19

19 Functional Scheme of the Binary Interface ..................... 19

20 RS485 and RS232 Pinout .............................. 20

21 Resetting the Router ................................. 22

22 Router’s Web Interface ................................ 24

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List of Tables

1 Hardware Overview of the Router .......................... 6

2 Order Codes Overview ................................ 6

3 Contents of Package ................................. 7

4 Ethernet Connector Pinout Description ....................... 17

5 Power Supply Pinout ................................. 18

6 I/O Ports Pinout .................................... 19

7 Connection of RS485 ................................ 20

8 Connection of RS232 ................................ 20

9 LED Status Indication ................................ 21

10 Basic Parameters ................................... 25

11 Standards and Regulations ............................. 26

12 Type Tests and Environmental Conditions ..................... 27

13 Technical Parameters of Cellular Module ...................... 28

14 Technical Parameters of WiFi ............................ 28

15 Electrical Characteristics of Binary Inputs ..................... 29

16 Parameters of Serial Interfaces ........................... 29

17 System Conﬁguration ................................ 30

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1. Product Overview

1.1 Product Introduction

Industrial cellular router ICR-2431 is designed for wireless communication in mobile net-

works that use traditional cellular technologies.

The primary purpose of this router is its use in the Category 4 (Cat.4) services on the

cellular LTE network. Cat.4 rated router is capable of achieving typical speeds in 4G coverage

areas where the network is enabled with 20 MHz of contiguous spectrum. The peak downlink

data rate for Category 4 is approximately 150 Mbps. In the uplink, LTE Category 4 provides

a peak data rate of 50 Mbps.

The router is equipped with two independently conﬁgurable Ethernet ports,RS232 and

RS485 serial ports and with one digital input together with one digital output. The router

can be equipped with a WiFi module, but this must be part of the initial conﬁguration – it

cannot be assembled to the router at some point in the future.

The router supports VPN tunnel creation using various protocols to ensure safe commu-

nications. The router provides diagnostic functions which include automatic monitoring of the

wireless and wired connections, automatic restart in case of connection losses, and a hard-

ware watchdog that monitors the router status.

With open Linux platform and wide possibilities of programming customer SW applications

in Python,C/C++. The Advantech existing app library Router Apps (formerly User modules)

with apps already developed to enhance speciﬁc router functionality including industrial pro-

tocol conversions and support of IoT platforms such as MS Azure,Cumulocity,ThingWorx,

and others are supported on the router.

Examples of possible applications

•mobile ofﬁce

•ﬂeet management

•security system

•telematic

•telemetric

•remote monitoring

•vending and dispatcher machines

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1.2 Product Usage Examples

The router is primarily intended for these four basic situations:

I. Access to the Internet from LAN

Figure 1: Access to the Internet from LAN

II. Backed up access to the Internet (from LAN)

Figure 2: Backed up Access to the Internet

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III. Secure networks interconnection or using VPN

Figure 3: Using VPN Tunnel

IV. Serial Gateway

Figure 4: Serial Gateway

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1.3 Hardware Overview

The router case preview is shown in Figure 5. A short description of hardware parts of the

router is listed in Table 1, including the links to the chapters with a detailed description.

Figure 5: Hardware Overview of the Router

# Item/Caption Type Description

1 Grounding

screw

M3 Pay attention to proper grounding; see Chapter 2.4.

2 PWR

IN/OUT

6-pin

terminal

Power supply, binary input, and binary output interfaces.

See Chapter 2.4, Chapter 2.5, Chapter 2.6 for more infor-

mation, Chapter 4.6 for I/O parameters, and Chapter 4.7

for serial interface parameters.

3 RS485/RS232 7-pin

terminal

RS232 & RS485 serial interfaces; see Chapter 2.6.

4 LEDs - Status LED indication; see Chapter 2.7.

Continued on the next page

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Continued from previous page

# Item/Caption Type Description

5 RST - Button to reboot the router or to restore the default

conﬁguration; see Chapter 2.8.

6 ETH0

ETH1

RJ45

100 MB Ethernet connections for the ﬁrst and second LAN;

see Chapter 2.3.

7 ANT SMA Connector for the ﬁrst main antenna of the cellular module;

see Chapter 2.2

8 DIV SMA Connector for the ﬁrst diversity antenna of the cellular

module; see Chapter 2.2

9 SIM slots Micro SIM Two SIM card slots; see Chapter 2.1.

10 DIN clip - DIN rail clip, not included as standard accessories; see

Chapter 1.9.

11 Wall clip - Wall mounting clip, included as standard accessories; see

Chapter 1.8.

Table 1: Hardware Overview of the Router

1.4 Order Codes

Order codes overview is shown in the table below.

Order code Features – interfaces

ICR-2431 LTE Cat.4 with 3G/2G fallback cellular module, 64 MB NOR Flash, 2x ETH,

1x RS232, 1x RS485, 1x Binary Input, 1x Binary Output, 2x SIM reader

ICR-2431WLTE Cat.4 with 3G/2G fallback cellular module, 64 MB NOR Flash, 2x ETH,

1x RS232, 1x RS485, 1x Binary Input, 1x Binary Output, 2x SIM reader, Wiﬁ

Table 2: Order Codes Overview

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1.5 Package Contents

The standard set of router includes items listed in the following table:

Item# Description Figure Q’ty

1Router 1 pcs

2Wall mounting clip with screws 1 set

3

6-pin terminal block for power sup-

ply, digital input and digital output (de-

ployed on the router)

1 pcs

47-pin terminal block for RS485 and

RS232 (deployed on the router) 1 pcs

5Printed Quick Start Guide Leaﬂet 1 pcs

Table 3: Contents of Package

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1.6 Product Dimensions

For the dimensions of the product see the ﬁgures below. Note that all sizes are measured

in millimeters.

Variant with Wall Mounting Clip

Figure 6: Router Dimensions – Bottom and Front View with Wall Mount Clip

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Figure 7: Router Dimensions – Top, Sides and Back View with Wall Mount Clip

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Variant with DIN Rail Clip

Figure 8: Router Dimensions – Bottom and Front View with DIN holder

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Figure 9: Router Dimensions – Top, Sides and Back View with DIN holder

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1.7 Mounting Recommendations

The router can be placed:

•on a ﬂat surface,

•on a wall using the wall mounting clip (see Chapter 1.8),

•on a DIN rail EN 60715 with the metal DIN rail clip (see Chapter 1.9)

For most applications with a built-in router within a switchboard, it is possible to recognize

two kinds of environments:

•A non-public, industry environment of low voltage with high interference,

•a public environment of low voltage and without high interference.

For both of these environments, it is possible to mount the router to a switchboard, af-

ter which there is no need to have examination immunity or issues in connection with EMC

according to EN 61439-1:2011.

In compliance with the EN 61439-1:2011 speciﬁcation, it is necessary to observe the

following assembly instructions for a router attached to a switchboard:

•For whip antennas it is recommended to observe a minimum distance of 6 cm from ca-

bles and metal surfaces on every side in order to avoid interference. When using an

external antenna separate from the switchboard it is necessary to ﬁt a lightning conduc-

tor.

•When mounting a router on sheet-steel we recommend using a cable antenna.

•For all cables, we recommend to bind the bunch, and for this we recommend:

–The length of the bunch (the combination of power supply and data cables) should

be a maximum 1.5 m. If the length of data cables exceeds 1.5 m or if the cable is

leading towards the switchboard, we recommend installing surge protectors.

–Data cables must not have a reticular tension of ∼230 V/50 Hz or ∼120 V/60 Hz.

•Sufﬁcient space must be left between each connector for the handling of cables,

•To ensure the correct functioning of the router we recommend the use of an earth-

bonding distribution frame for the grounding of the grounding screew, see Chapter 2.4.

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1.8 Wall Mounting

The wall mounting clip is supplied with the router as standard accessories.

The router can be screwed to a wall (or another surface) using the wall mounting clip.

There are two wholes on the clip with a diameter of 4 millimeters. For detailed information

about the mounting dimensions see Figure 7in Chapter 1.6.

When mounting the wall mounting clip, tighten the screws with max. torque of 0.4 Nm.

Figure 10: Screwed Wall Mounting Clip

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1.9 DIN Rail Mounting

The DIN rail clip is not supplied with the router as standard accessories, but it can be ordered

by the order code BB-DIN-ICR32.

The DIN rail clip is suitable for a DIN rail according to EN 60715 standard only. The default

position of the clip is shown in Figure 11.

When mounting the DIN rail clip, tighten the screws with max. torque of 0.4 Nm.

Figure 11: Position of the DIN Rail Clip

To remove the router from the DIN rail it is necessary to lightly push down the router so

that the bottom part of the DIN rail clip hitched to the DIN rail get out of this rail and then fold

out the bottom part of the router away from the DIN rail, see Figure 12.

Figure 12: Removing Router from the DIN Rail

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